How difficult is it to put together an electric heli if its your first time and you have no RC experience at all?
I would like to get a MIA bumble bee kit in which case I will have to purchase all the electronics seperately. How difficult of a time will it be to put together? Does everything just plug into each other (servos, gyro, esc's, receiver)? I know it would just be easier to get a Humingbird or Fun Picolo kit but the bumble bee is just too neat.
As for flying I am practicing on the G2 every night already.
Thanks.

I just did a quick search to find out what exactly you are talking about. After finding it, I would not recommend that as your first heli. Its just way tooooo small. It fits in the palm of your hand. I agree it is cool, but, you would have an easier time building and flying a .30 or .50 size helicopter. Just my opinion. Plus it may be only $150, but you still need:
(2) HS-50 Hitec Servos
(1) Lithium Battery and charger ( See above )
(1) GWS 4 CH Receiver and Crystal
(2) ESCs such as the GWS ICS-50
(1) Gyro such as the GWS PG-03
Basic 4 CH Transmitter

Joe

Ditto all of that,

Ive flown only one electric, the Corona, so i don't know much about elecrics, but from what little ive experienced, i'd say you are a lot better off with a bigger bird. the most popular ones are the Cetury Hawk 30, Raptor 30 or 50 (i am raptor 50 guy) , Scedueu 50 EVO.. there are a few others worth a look also, but those are the main 3 at present. you might get a different opinion from the folks in the electrics forum.

It is also a good idea to invest in better radio equipment a good 6 to 8 chanel radio, any less is pretty limiting in the future you end up buying the radio gear all over again.

If your goal is to save some money, start with a simulator like RealFlight G2. It will save you tons of money in the long run (much more than the cost of the heli) and improve your flying skills. Once you can fly one of the helis on the sim reasonably well...hover nose in, hover tail in, forward flight and land, then look at the "real thing". A nitro powered first heli is probably a better bet than electric for an absolute beginner. The initial cost will be a little less and something like the Raptor, JR Venture, Hawk etc. will be easier to fly at first. I did it the other way around and can tell you the cost is NOT less (initially) with an good e-heli. Just my opinion, but one based on experience. Have Fun.

Im not looking at electrics in order to save costs, just add up the costs for that little bumble bee and you will see that. I really only want to fly indoors so Im not interested in flying any of the nitro helis. Maybe in the future if I really get hooked I'll want to go outdoors but for now inside seems like alot of fun to me.
I do have the realflight sim and thats coming along slowly but surely.
But back to my question about assembly, does everything just plug in easily or is there more to it then that?

Colormeweb,

OK, assembly process is much the same for most small helis...assembly is required and most of the time it's more than just a "stick it together" process. The more precise you are in the assembly the more precise the heli will fly (true with ALL helis). Small errors in the setup on a mini/micro amount to a much larger percentage of error compared to a larger heli. The biggest problem with the mini/micro helis is they tend to be MUCH more difficult to fly even indoors. The possible exception to that is the Corona which seems to fly pretty well and is by all accounts, almost indestructable. Not trying to persuade you one way or the other, Indoor helis are fun, but CAN be a handful for an inexperienced pilot (nothing like flying into expensive dishware...trust me I KNOW). I just wanted to make sure you have as many of the facts as possible to base your decisions on. Good Luck and Good Flying

If you are good at following directions, it shouldn't be all that hard to put together. It can take anywhere from a night to a month depending on how you work on it. The bad part comes when you try to fly it. Takes from 3 to 5 seconds to totally destroy it if you are not carefull. Those little helis look cool, but they are not as stable to fly as the bigger ones and flying indoors there are so many things to hit that your chances of it lasting very long are slim. Make sure you have a large empty room to test it in, and get it on tape for the rest of us to see. They look fun, but they are very brittle to be light enough to fly. I wouldn't suggest them for a trainer.